A mixture that consists of 34.83 g (100 mmol) of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-mannopyranose, 1.39 g (5 mmol) of tetrabutylammonium chloride and 35.8 g (110 mmol) of fine-powder cesium carbonate in 400 ml of dimethyl ether is cooled to 0° C. At 0° C., 47.88 g (150 mmol) of 2-phenyl-3-bromopropionic acid benzyl ester, dissolved in 30 ml of dimethyl ether, is added in drops over 10 minutes while being stirred vigorously. It is stirred for one hour at 0° C. 250 ml of MTB (methyl-tert-butyl ether) is added, solid is filtered out, and the filtrate is evaporated to the dry state in a vacuum. The residue is taken up in 500 ml of tetrahydrofuran. 5 g of palladium (10%) on activated carbon is added thereto and hydrogenated until hydrogen absorption is completed. Then, catalyst is filtered out, it is rewashed with a little tetrahydrofuran, the organic solutions are combined and evaporated to the dry state in a vacuum, dried, and the solvent is distilled off in a vacuum. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel (mobile solvent: dichloromethane/n=hexane/ethanol/acetic acid=20:5:3:0.5). The product-containing fractions are concentrated by evaporation, dissolved in 400 ml of ethyl acetate and shaken out three times with 200 ml of water. Then, the organic phase is separated and evaporated to the dry state in a vacuum.
